Africa: Malawi Left Out As Trump Snubs Africa’s Strategic Importance, Invites Only Five Leaders to U.S. Summit

Africa: Malawi Left Out As Trump Snubs Africa’s Strategic Importance, Invites Only Five Leaders to U.S. Summit

Malawi is among the dozens of African countries excluded from a highly selective US-Africa business summit hosted by United States President Donald Trump, who has invited only five African leaders to Washington for a closed-door meeting focused on commerce and strategic interests. The exclusive working lunch, currently in session at the White House, will bring…

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Africa: Trump Invites Boakai to Key U.S.-Africa Summit

Africa: Trump Invites Boakai to Key U.S.-Africa Summit

President Joseph Nyuma Boakai is among five African heads of state invited to a high-level summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, aimed at strengthening U.S.-Africa relations through targeted economic and security partnerships. The summit, scheduled for July 9-11, 2025, is being described as Trump’s first major diplomatic outreach to Africa…

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AWS invites start-ups to join 2025 GenAI accelerator

AWS invites start-ups to join 2025 GenAI accelerator

Selected start-ups will each receive up to $1 million in AWS credits, mentorship and access to AWS’s GenAI tools. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened applications for the 2025 cohort of its Generative AI Accelerator (GAIA) programme. Now in its third instalment, the initiative is a global eight-week programme that supports start-ups building foundational generative…

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